Starts from the POV of a child, relating how he believes his father to be an astronaut living on the moon, rationalizing his absence. This is but a cover, what he has been told by those who know the true reason his father has absconded, meant to dull the pain of simply telling the kid the truth, either that his father ran off or possibly died. Second verse I believe is the narrator speaking from adulthood, speaking through the pain of learning the truth and having to deal with such a gaping wound, now doubled by knowing a lie was concocted to cover it up "for his best interest."
Starts from the POV of a child, relating how he believes his father to be an astronaut living on the moon, rationalizing his absence. This is but a cover, what he has been told by those who know the true reason his father has absconded, meant to dull the pain of simply telling the kid the truth, either that his father ran off or possibly died. Second verse I believe is the narrator speaking from adulthood, speaking through the pain of learning the truth and having to deal with such a gaping wound, now doubled by knowing a lie was concocted to cover it up "for his best interest."
Pretty tragic song, despite its short length.